ue! It's time for breakfast!"
There was a patter of bare feet in one room. Then a little voice called.
"Oh, Bunny! I'm up first. Come on, we'll go and help grandma feed the
chickens!"
Little Sue Brown tapped on the door of her brother's room.
"Get up, Bunny!" she cried, laughing. "I'm up first; Let's go and get
the eggs."
In the room where Bunny Brown slept could be heard a sort of grunting,
stretching, yawning sound. That was the little boy waking up. He heard
what his sister Sue said.
"Ho! Ho!" he laughed, as he rubbed his sleepy eyes: "Go to get eggs with
grandma! I guess you think we're back on grandpa's farm; don't you Sue?"
and he came to his door to look out into the hall, where his mother
stood smiling at the two children.
When Bunny said that, Sue looked at him in surprise. She rubbed her hand
across her eyes once or twice, glanced around the hall, back into her
room, and then at her mother. A queer look was on Sue's face.
"Why--why!" she exclaimed. "Oh, why, Bunny Brown! That's just what I did
think! I thought we were back at grandpa's, and we're not at all--we're
in our home; aren't we?"
"Of course!" laughed Mrs. Brown. "But you were sleeping so late that I
thought I had better call you. Aren't you ready to get up? The sun came
up long ago, and he's now shining brightly."
"Did the sun have its breakfast, Mother?" asked Bunny.
"Yes, little man. He drank a lot of dew, off the flowers. That's all he
ever takes. Now you two get dressed, and come down and have your
breakfast, so we can clear away the dishes. Hurry now!"
Mrs. Brown went down stairs, leaving Bunny and Sue to dress by
themselves, for they were old enough for that now.
"Oh, Bunny!" exclaimed the little girl, as she went back in her own
room. "I really did think, when I first woke up, that we were back at
Grandpa Brown's, and that we were going out to help grandma feed the
hens."
"Do you wish we were, Sue?" asked Bunny.
"Oh, I don't know, Bunny," said Sue slowly. "I did like it at grandma's,
and we had lots of fun playing circus. But I like it at home here, too."
"So do I," said Bunny, as he started to get dressed.
The two children, with their father and mother, had come back, only the
day before, from a long visit to Grandpa Brown's, in the country. I'll
tell you about that a little later. So it is no wonder that Sue,
awakening from the first night's sleep in her own house, after the long
stay in the country, shou
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